Dissection of lungs in situ

Larynx, trachea, main bronchi and lungs

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Image #123-5

Dissection of lungs in situ

Larynx, trachea, main bronchi and lungs

The anterior part of the thoracic wall has been removed. The neck and mediastinum have been dissected to display the major cervical and thoracic parts of the respiratory system. Reference should be made to views 116-ff. for earlier phases of the dissection of this specimen.

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Mandible

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Digastric muscle

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Hyoid bone (covered by fibrous tissue)

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Submandibular gland

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Sternocleidomastoid muscle (cut off)

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Larynx

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Sympathetic trunk

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Phrenic nerve right

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Right vagus nerve

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Recurrent laryngeal nerve (subclavian artery cut off to reveal loop formed by this nerve below artery)